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Constructing Our Future

@cofnews

Building alternatives to prison walls.

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linkhttps://constructingourfuture.com/ calendar_today22-01-2022 03:00:09

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I wrote about Alabama's plan to use $400 million in Covid relief funds to construct three new prisons, which should violate Treasury guidelines on how Covid funds may be spent. But the Treasury also said it won't necessarily enforce those guidelines. neverleave.substack.com/p/alabama-wantโ€ฆ

Gillian Branstetter (@gbbranstetter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

28 women held at an Indiana jail are suing after guards gave the keys to their cells to incarcerated men in exchange for a $1000 bribe, allowing the men to rape and assault the women. news.yahoo.com/night-terror-fโ€ฆ

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Cosmetics are not a basic health need, but in a system that strips people of identity, policies that tear people down is a mistake. cnn.com/style/article/โ€ฆ

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Pia Sinha appointed as new director of the Prison Reform Trust. Read the full announcement at prisonreformtrust.org.uk/pia-sinha-appoโ€ฆ

Pia Sinha appointed as new director of the Prison Reform Trust.

Read the full announcement at  prisonreformtrust.org.uk/pia-sinha-appoโ€ฆ
UU Prison Ed Project (@utah_prisoned) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We celebrated the end of the semester with three meals with UPEP students. Most already have received their holiday care packages! Students asked us to extend their thanks and gratitude to all who contributed to UPEP's Community Care Fund.

We celebrated the end of the semester with three meals with UPEP students. Most already have received their holiday care packages! 

Students asked us to extend their thanks and gratitude to all who contributed to UPEP's Community Care Fund.
Slate (@slate) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Until recently, the history of horrors hasnโ€™t stopped many in the news media from downplaying or excusing even the most glaring failures. slate.trib.al/qpmkC1b

Robert "Bob" Scheer (@bobscheer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Once againโ€ฆpeople with power abusing those with little. Well-reported by โฆLos Angeles Timesโฉ Nearly 300 sue over alleged sexual abuse at L.A. County juvenile halls and camps latimes.com/california/stoโ€ฆ

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"If I'd known the stuff that I know now, I mean, there's no way that I would have prosecuted her," Sells said. "I'm so sorry that she's been there, especially this long." indystar.com/in-depth/news/โ€ฆ

John Tedesco (@john_tedesco) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Our first major investigation at Houston Landing found that 52 inmates who died in Houston-area jails had been documented with mental health symptoms and shouldn't have been there in the first place: houstonlanding.org/texans-with-meโ€ฆ A must-read by Alex Stuckey ๐Ÿ˜ and Marie D. De Jesรบs ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท

Secrets from a Prison Cell (@cellsecrets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trying to find a place to rent after incarceration is an uphill battle. You must have good credit, a job history and even after getting through those hurdles, when they discover you've been incarcerated, the answer is โ€œhell no.โ€ Homelessness is a real possibility.

Prison_Health ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ (@prison_health) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Indiana - She served 18 years in prison. Now she's getting a fresh start in a program built by incarcerated women. Constructing Our Future was conceived, created and is being run by women who have served prison time. wrtv.com/news/local-newโ€ฆ Vic Ryckaert